Paul Giamatti Joins 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy'

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  Sounds like a colorful supporting role has come along. Paul Giamatti, the twice Academy Award-nominated star of Big Fat Liar and Fred Claus is boldly joining Paramount+ ’s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy series. Giamatti, whose most recent nomination came for his role in The Holdovers , will be a recurring guest star as the first season’s main villain. Said villain is described as a man with an ominous past with a connection to one of the show’s cadets. While the cadets haven’t been cast yet, Giamatti is the second-announced cast member after Holly Hunter , who stars as the Academy’s chancellor and captain. The series revolves around “a young group of cadets who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they will discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, and first loves.” Giamatti’s character was first mentioned in the synopsis as “a new
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'Lioness' Promotes Thad Luckinbill To Series Regular For Season 2

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Have some pride, Thad Luckinbill, you’ve been promoted! The longtime The Young and the Restless cast member will now have a bigger place in the cast of Paramount+ original series Lioness, fka Special Ops: Lioness as he has been upped to series regular after recurring as CIA Agent Kyle during its first season.

Along with his three stints as J.T. Hellstrom on the soap since 1999 (the latest being last year), this is seemingly otherwise his first series regular role since. His previous recurring gigs include MTV’s Undressed and The CW’s Nikita in their respective debut seasons, and ABC’s 8 Simple Rules in the seasons where it had a fuller title. He is also a producing partner at Black Label Media with such under his belt as as La La Land, Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Devotion, Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody, and Sicario. His own film acting credits include Just Married, Sleepover, and Reptile.

Renewed for season 2 just about a week before, Inspired by an actual United States military program, Lioness is about Joe, played by Zoe Saldaña as she attempts to balance her personal life and being the tip of the CIA’s spear in the war on terror and their efforts to thwart the next major attack. She is tasked to train Cruz Manuelos, played by Laysla De Oliveira, a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine recruited to join the CIA’s Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from withinz  The drama also stars Michael Kelly as Donald Westfield who co-runs the program with Nicole Kidman’s Kaitlyn Meade, and Morgan Freeman as Edward Mullins, with Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, LaMonica Garrett, James Jordan, Austin Hébert, Jonah Wharton and Hannah Love Lanier rounding out the cast. The series is executive produced by Sheridan, David C. Glasser, Saldaña, Kidman, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, David Hutkin, Jill Wagner, David Lemanowicz, Geyer Kosinski, Michael Friedman and Keith Cox.

Source: Deadline

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